Paul Magno
1,136 articles · Inside Fights
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Margarito Gets Outworked, Beaten Up, and Stopped?Wins Unanimous Decision
By Paul Magno
Margarito?s frailer than frail comeback continues and he hopes to parlay this win into a big money rubber match with Miguel Cotto later this year? In the boxing world, all is possible…
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Antonio Margarito is a Faker, a Fraud, and a Villain
By Paul Magno
I can?t help myself when it comes to Margarito, a guy who brought disgrace to himself, to his heritage as a Mexican fighter, and to the sport in general? Antonio Margarito returns…
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How Top Rank Can ?Save? Boxing on TV
By Paul Magno
Can Bob Arum, who has never shown an ability to play nice with others for too long, put aside greed and ego for a more pragmatic approach to his business rivals? Lost…
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Mayweather-McGregor: The Postmortem
By Paul Magno
Fights like Mayweather-McGregor happen because there?s a market for big-time prizefighting in America, yet a dearth of big-time prizefighters? Well, Mayweather-McGregor happened. And boxing is still here. Actually, if the so-called ?purists?…
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Things to Ponder While Pretending To Ignore Mayweather-McGregor
By Paul Magno
Boxing is for us, and one million of our closest fans?ONLY one million?and they have to be the RIGHT kinds of fans? We get it?You?re a ?real? boxing fan and won?t put…
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Could McGregor Lose His Mind And Kick The Ref? Bet On It
By Paul Magno
Well, if McGregor goes bonkers and kicks referee Robert Byrd, you could make a small fortune at +20,000 odds? The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor mega-spectacle has brought out the interesting and absurd in…
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Ignorance is Bliss for Mayweather-McGregor
By Paul Magno
Some days you go to the circus for the death-defying trapeze artists and sometimes you just go for the clowns. It really is okay to like both? Like it or not, there…
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The Changing Face of 175: Who?s Coming for Andre Ward?
By Paul Magno
Will the next wave of light heavyweights pull Ward from his throne or will ?SOG? leave the division behind before anyone can best him? Everything can change in a good, solid boxing…
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Either Malignaggi Got Played or We?re All Getting Played
By Paul Magno
Was Paulie part of the hustle or did he get caught up in it? For me, that?s the only real question about all of this silliness? First of all, my stance on…
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What to do with Danny Garcia
By Paul Magno
Since the disappointingly passive loss to Thurman, Garcia has all but disappeared from the boxing landscape? I guess ?retirement? would be the first word that comes to mind when asked the question…
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Clarifications on Mayweather vs. McGregor
By Paul Magno
It?s up to guys like Hauser with his unique grasp on combat (!) and even more keen grasp on ethics (!!) to put everything into perspective? Like clockwork, boxing writer Thomas Hauser…
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Timothy Bradley to Retire: Goodbye and Good Riddance?
By Paul Magno
With the exception of his Fight of the Year brawl with Ruslan Provodnikov in 2013, Bradley has never really made for compelling TV? Word has it that two-division former world champ Timothy…
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Boxing Needs To Return To Same-Day Weigh-Ins
By Paul Magno
The primary danger to the fighter is in the increased vulnerability of the brain, slow to rebuild its jelly-like protective layer due to dehydration? Boxing?s ugly and dangerous taste for weight manipulation…
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Canelo-Golovkin Promotion Will Sink Sales, Not Mayweather-McGregor
By Paul Magno
No non-boxing fan is clamoring for Canelo-Golovkin and none, unfortunately, are being sold on it. That?s not Mayweather?s or McGregor?s fault? If the upcoming Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin pay-per-view fails to deliver in…
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Broner vs. Garcia: A Good Kind of Nonsense
By Paul Magno
In some ways, Broner-Garcia is just as nonsensical as Mayweather-McGregor?maybe even more so? On the surface, this Saturday?s Adrien Broner vs. Mikey Garcia bout doesn?t make a damn bit of sense. Actually,…
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Golovkin vs. Canelo: Early Thoughts
By Paul Magno
It remains to be seen how Alvarez fights when backed against the wall, possibly bloody and swollen and buzzed from big shots? Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin is not just a…
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Donald Trump and Boxing: The Art of the Double-Deal
By Paul Magno
?Mike Tyson has asked me and I have agreed, to serve jointly, with regard to future decisions about Mike Tyson?s career,? Trump told the New York Times? 1988. Amid cries of conflict…
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An Orgy for the Old and Outraged
By Paul Magno
Boxing has become the old man on the block, standing in his pajamas on his front porch, shaking his fist at those noisy kids next door? Wow, I figured it was going…
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Mayweather-McGregor: From Farce to Fight?
By Paul Magno
Jaded boxing fans will get a glimpse of what is so appealing to the rest of the world about these gigantic personalities clashing in the ring? Hold off with the self-righteous condemnation…
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Words for Wilfred
By Paul Magno
This is a companion piece to the article I recently wrote at FightHype.com. Give that one a read after reading this? (Writer?s Note: This is a companion piece to the article I…